CVE-2018-10631

Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure

MEDIUM
6.3
CVSS Score
Published: July 13, 2018 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:34 AM UTC
5 products affected across 2 vendorsN 'vision 8840 FirmwareN 'vision 8870 FirmwareN Vision 8840

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Severity
MEDIUM6.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The 8840 Clinician Programmer executes the application program from the 8870 Application Card. An attacker with physical access to an 8870 Application Card and sufficient technical capability can modify the contents of this card, including the binary executables. If modified to bypass protection mechanisms, this malicious code will be run when the card is inserted into an 8840 Clinician Programmer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions
medtronic-n-vision-8840 (same device)
All versions
medtronic-n-vision-8870 (same device)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.3MEDIUMicscert
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-693

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